NOT SO DAFT

It’s been eight long years since French electronic music duo Daft Punk last delivered a studio album (2005’s ‘Human After All’), but the wait for a new long player is almost over, with Sony Music this afternoon confirming that the band’s new album ‘Random Access Memories’ is now available for pre-order in Australia.Daft Punk hit the big time in Australia via their 1997 single ‘Around The World’, following that smash up three years later with the infectious ‘One More Time’.Fans can catch a super-brief snippet of something new from the album (surely called ‘Get Lucky’) by visiting www.randomaccessmemories.com.‘Random Access Memories’ will drop at Australian retail on Friday May 17.